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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Freddie on July 10, 2019, 08:04:50 AM

Title: Need your help with this Sparrow please
Post by: Freddie on July 10, 2019, 08:04:50 AM

My initial thought is Savannah Sparrow but it doesn't quite fit --- with what I find in my guide books --- and it was on the margin of a large wetland/marsh.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48248542201_37f1ea11f1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gvyoDg)2019-07-09-139 (https://flic.kr/p/2gvyoDg) by Gary Lane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141958007@N07/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48248626587_6c882da9b5.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gvyPJc)2019-07-09-140 (https://flic.kr/p/2gvyPJc) by Gary Lane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141958007@N07/), on Flickr

As always any help & guidance is most appreciated,
Thanks, Gary

Title: Re: Need your help with this Sparrow please
Post by: mc on July 10, 2019, 10:21:24 PM

why is the resolution so low?  difficult to id....

Title: Re: Need your help with this Sparrow please
Post by: Shortsighted on July 11, 2019, 06:29:13 AM

Most likely a juvenile Song sparrow.
Perhaps a Vesper sparrow (slight eye ring) and there
may be a considerable variation in the amount of
streaking on breast. I have a shot of just such a plain-
looking sparrow. I wasn't quite sure about it and I
can't seem to locate it now. I did find a shot of a Savannah
sparrow from a field in the Rouge. The quality of that
field was ruined by the zoo because they wanted extra
parking. Ultimately, the destruction of that ecosystem
was all for nothing because I've never seen any parking
on that field. Needless to say, once the wet sphagnum
moss was excavated the Savannah sparrows never
returned.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-hJw7Rz5/0/635d2e2d/L/i-hJw7Rz5-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-hJw7Rz5/A)